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| Homepage | > | Israeli Flags | > | Israel Flag Keyholder |
Israel Flag KeyholderEliptic shaped acrylic keyholder. Size: 8.5 x 2.70cm. The flag of Israel is seen on this keyholder's both sides. Item code: a22g02
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Historical Background That the blue and white colors were the Jewish people's national colors was early on voiced by Ludwig August Frankl (1810-1894), an Austrian Jewish poet. In his poem, "Judah's Colors", he writes: "These are the colors of the beloved country, blue and white are the borders of Judah; White is the radiance of the priesthood, and blue, the splendors of the firmament. (A. L. Frankl, Juda's Farben, in Ahnenbilder (Leipzig, 1864), p. 127). The Jewish State's famous symbol was adopted on October 28, 1948, five months after its independence. It depicts a blue Star of David on a white background, between two blue stripes. Its blue color is mandated only as "sky blue" and the shade may vary. Sometimes it is a dark, almost navy blue, sometimes it is a very light blue. This symbol is showing a Magen David on a tallit (traditional Jewish prayer shawl). Indigo colored dye called tekhelet was used by Biblical Jews. This dye was very important in both Jewish and non-Jewish biblical cultures, and was used by royalty and upper class in dyeing clothing, sheets, curtains, etc. This dye is known as Tyrian purple. The Torah commanded to dye on the tallit's threads (prayer shawl) with tekhelet; when one looks at this dye he will remember blue sky and God above in Heaven. Tekhelet corresponds to divine revelation's colors. (Midrash Numbers Rabbah xv.). Sometime near Talmudic era's end (500-600 CE) the industry of this dye production collapsed. It became rarer and rarer; over time the Jewish community lost the tradition by which species of shellfish produced this dye. Since Jews were then unable to fulfill this commandment, they have since left their tzitzit (tallit strings) white. However, in remembrance of this commandment to use tekhelet dye, it became common for Jews to have blue or purple stripes on their tallit. In 1885, Rishon LeZion agricultural village used blue and white to mark its third anniversary. They used a blue and white cloth, with a Star of David and the Hebrew word "Maccabee", was used in 1891 by the Bnai Zion Educational Society. While this symbol emphasizes Jewish religious symbols, Theodor Herzl wanted it to have more universal symbols: 7 golden stars symbolizing the 7-hour working quota of the enlightened state-to-be, which would have advanced socialist legislations. Learn here more about this important symbol's birth. |